This chapter was a little difficult to write but I don't think it's to bad :)

Vlad's POV

The sun was set and I was sure Cosmina had gone through her transformation by now. I kept telling myself that she was going to be fine but in the back of my mind I just wasn't 100% sure.

Alina was up and pacing the tent. She's probably thinking about Cosmina too. It was kind of creepy in a way how Vampires can heal so quickly you can actually watch the cuts and burns disappear. Alina had already fully healed and was back to her normal self within a day.

Alina had somehow found out that I was the Chosen One. Sir probably told her. Alina had been completely understanding. Like how a real mother was. She didn't care what the prophecy said she believed that in the end I was still going to be the same and that I would help her family and all the rebels. I wish I had as much faith as she did.

"Cosmina's a strong girl. She'll be fine," I told her.

Alina stopped and stared at me for a moment, "I know she is. That's not what I'm worried about."

"Then what's the problem?"

She walked over and sat down next to me, "You said you sent her a letter and told her to stay home. You know how hard headed she can be. I just doubt she will listen to reason and she'll come anyway."

I've thought about that. If she did just ignore me and came back anyway she could get hurt and she would be a full Vampire so the Slayers wouldn't hesitate to slay her.

Then my mind turned to the Slayers. What exactly is going on? We have just been sitting here in this tent for more than a day and haven't heard from anyone. What was in that letter and what are we waiting for? I figured my mom would have contacted me by now.

"So what's up with that Sir guy?" I asked, "You said that I should be scared of him. How is he even more a threat than any of the other Slayers around here?" A look of worry and fear showed on Alina's face. I have never seen her this way before.

"Vlad, you have to be careful around here. This is all a game to that monster. That's it. He has no other reason to do what he is doing."

"But you aren't answering my question. Why should I be so worried about him more than any other Slayer?"

Alina looked me right in the eyes. Contemplating whether or not she should tell me. She then sighed and started playing with her necklace. It was a gold key shaped pendent with an "A" on the top of the key and had a small diamond in the middle of the letter. Cosmina told me that her dad gave it to her mom for their one year anniversary. She said it was the only valuable thing they had left.

"Vlad that creature isn't actually the man we first thought we were talking to. The man has been taken over."

"Like hypnosis?"

"No worse. There is a monster inside of him. Literally in his body. Controlling him like a puppet."

I was a little shocked and a little confused, "What monster has the power to do that?"

"A monster that only does this sort of thing for entertainment. The Slayer is being controlled by a Phantom. A class of Ghost. Most Ghosts normally just keep to themselves and just pull simple pranks on Breathers, but Phantoms are different. They mess with everyone's lives trying to make them as miserable as possible."

I remembered my dad telling me about them before, but usually I didn't pay much attention to what he told me. I'm really regreting it now.

"So the Phantom is just here to mess with everyone?" I asked.

"Well I have reason to believe that this Phantom has a more defined goal."

"What's that?"

"I think he is trying to make things worse in this war of Vampires and Slayers. He's been looking for you Vlad. To use you as a pawn in his game. Like I said that's, all this is to him. A game."

On that note Robin ran in and stopped to catch his breath for a moment, "Vlad! You need to come with me now! Your mom just showed up and she's demanding to see you!" I was about to follow him out when Alina grabbed my shoulder.

"Remember Vlad, this is all a game. Play it strategically."

I nodded and followed Robin out and Alina came with us.

We came back to the same large tent. We were about to run in but the guards outside stopped us. "Sorry Vamps but you are not allowed in just yet. Privet meeting."

You could hear my mom inside yelling at the Slayers. Thunder rumbled. What was she doing? She could be slain.

"That's my mom in there," I told the Slayers. "I want to see her."

"We said no you little freak!" One of the guards threatened.

He got in my face and I took the chance. I looked right in his eyes and told him to let us in. He stepped aside but then the other reacted. "Hey!"
Before he could do or say anything else Alina stepped in front of him and hypnotized him too. "He said to let us through," she said.

He replied with a, "Yes ma'am."

I looked back at Robin and he stood there wide eyed, "See that trick is cool so as long as you don't use it on me."

I rolled my eyes and Alina led the way inside. Mom stood there in front of the Slayers leader only inches from his face. Normally I wouldn't be worried for mom. She's actually pretty smart and strong. But with this whole Phantom thing I wasn't so sure if it was a smart idea to get in his face. I really have no idea what else it could be capable of.

"Mom!" I yelled louder then probably necessary but I needed to get her attention.

She turned around and saw me. For a moment I thought I saw a smile but it quickly disappeared when she turned back at Sir, or the impostor, and one other Slayer and showed her fangs and hissed. The Slayer reached for a stake strapped to his belt but Sir stood up and held out his arm as a sign to let it go.

Mom turned back to me, "Vladdy there you are." She walked over and kissed me on the cheek. It seemed silly at the moment cause we were standing in the middle of a Slayers camp, but I was embarrassed. I felt my face go red.

"I was beginning to worry about you. They didn't hurt you did they?"

"No I'm fine." In my mind I was thinking 'O please, you only care if I get hurt cause you need me to help get what you want, whatever that is', but I knew this was just an act to get the Slayers think she's not all that focused.

Mom faced Alina and gave her a bored look, "Hello Alina."

"Magda," Alina gave her the same look.

You can tell just from that that they really didn't like each other. Reasons are obvious. No one really likes my mom.

Mom walked back over to Sir, "So did you get the message?"

"I did," he had an angry look in his eyes. Like he was gonna jump up any second and try to slay my mom.

"And?" Mom was beginning to look more and more irritated.

"I think that this is a good plan…to an extent."

You could hear a low growl from my mom, "And what does that mean?"

"It means that I do not trust you, and if I was to go with this and then you double-cross me then I would very much be distro…killed." Wow. I didn't know if mom knew he was a Phantom or not but if she didn't she had to be suspicious now.

"Interesting," mom was completely calm now. "Well rest assured because the idea has never came to anyone's mind that is involved in that letter."

Sir then looked at me, "What about the boy?"

Mom looked at me and sent me a quick message telepathically, 'Whatever you may hear in the next few minutes I will explain later. Don't react to any of it. Act like you already know all of this.'

"Yes he's on board. As soon as he goes through his transformation we will begin our first step to taking down Ingrid's army. He along with someone from your camp will lead us into the battle."

This was a lot to take in. It was so hard to just stand there and act like none of this bothered me. And I never agreed to leading anyone. I knew I might in the future but not this soon. I only thought that while they took care of the 200 half fangs I would find dad and he would take care of Ingrid.

Sir continued to stare at me, "He may be a Vampire but he's still young. You think he can handle taking on that role?"

"After he has gone through the transformation, yes. He himself may not know it but he's stronger than anyone realizes and a will make a great leader."

"How do you see that?" Sir finally stopped staring at me and looked at my mom.

"He has been able to avoid your Slayers with ease and has shown leadership by protecting his two friends."

Sir laughed, "Do you not see Robins arm? He obviously didn't do a good job of protecting anyone. Also, that is nothing compared to leading an army of Vampires and Slayers. You're insane if you think I will agree to following him."

"Well then we'll see what happens after he goes through his transformation. I have confidence he will be ready for this. To prove that how about we make a bet?"

Sir laughed so much you can clearly hear the evil in it, "I except. It will make this a lot more interesting."

What is wrong with mom? She would never do anything like this. Normally she's all about having someone else do all her dirty work. But here she is negotiating with a Slayer/Phantom who will try and kill her any second. I'm surprised she didn't send someone else. And why didn't she tell me about me having to lead this army before? What difference did it make?

"Here's the bet," my mother continued. "Vlad will go through the transformation, and he will return to the camp a leader."

Sir smiled, "And I say that the transformation will change him. He will become even more selfish then he is now and he will leave us to be die."

"You're mental!" Robin stepped forward and had an angry look on his face, "There is no way my best friend will every leave us just to save himself, and he's probably to must humble person I've ever met unlike some people I know!"

I was so shocked the only thing I could say was, "Robin."

Robin turned around and faced me, "Well it's true."

"So then you're confident that they will win this bet then Robin?" Sir asked. "Fine then if they do lose then you will have the honor slaying "The Chosen One" yourself."

Everyone fell silent. Everyone had a shocked look on their face from what Sir just said. Robin was struggling to speak up. He just kept mumbling. Finally he spoke up, "No. I can't do that."

"It's not your decision. It's hers." He nodded toward my mom. She had a simple frown on her face. We waited for her answer.

"Fine, but if I win then you will step down as this camps leader and the camp as a whole will appoint someone new."

Sir closed his eyes and smiled, "Very well. I accept the conditions."

Mom smiled and began heading for the tent. She stopped and looked me in the eyes, "We'll talk more about this later," She said to Sir still staring at me. She then walked out and flew off to who knows where.

Alina looked at me with sympathy. What had my mom just done?!

Sir laughed again, "I like her. She makes things interesting."

"I hate her," said Robin. I don't blame him. She just completely put him in the middle of all this.

"You all are dismissed," said Sir. "I have a lot of work to do."

Alina and I went back to our tent while Robin ran to find Chloe to tell her everything.

"I can't believe this!" I yelled. "I can't do this. It's too much!"

"Vlad you need to calm down. Throwing a tantrum isn't going to help anyone." Alina sat on her bed.

"I know but this is so wrong! How can mom do that? She made it where if I fail then Robin has to slay me! And if I do fail then obviously I wouldn't care but Robin will!"

Alina smiled, "Vlad aren't you missing something here?"

I stopped and stared at her, "What am I missing?"

She sighed, stood up, and started playing and fixing my hair to calm me down. She was only about 2 inches taller than me. I sometimes wish she was my mom.

"Vlad you won't fail. How many times do I have to tell you that? Sir only said that to mess with your head. To make you doubt yourself. Don't let him convince you that you aren't strong enough. You are so much stronger and smarter than the Slayers. You CAN do this."

I didn't know what to say. But after hearing that I felt so much better. She opened her arms to give me a hug. I accepted it. "Thank you," I whispered.

"You and Cosmina are just alike."

I laughed, "You've gotta stop trying to get us together."

She laughed back, "I have no idea what you mean."

"Yes you do. Cosmina and I both know it. Ever since I first showed up you have done everything you can to brag about Cosmina and compare us. We know what you're up to."

Alina looked around the room, "You two have talked about this?"

"About us noticing you trying to get us together? Yes"

She folded her arms, "I am a mother. You can't blame me for trying."

I rolled my eyes.

That's when Robin and Chloe ran in.

Robin was smiling, "Vlad, we just came up with this awesome plan!"

Next Chapter: The New Cosmina :) Also it was announced that YD4 will begin Oct. 29 :D So excited! There hasn't been much released about the new season but as I learn new info I will post it on my forum. Please review. I know I'm kinda dragging this out but just go with it just a little longer. Hopefully in the end I will not disapoint.